MonsterTalk is the science show about monsters—a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves. Hosted by Blake Smith and Dr. Karen Stollznow.

By popular demand, we take a brief aside into fantasy to talk
with one the more sinister figures associated with the Winter
Holidays: The Krampus. Then we get a bit more serious as we welcome
one of the co-hosts of the popular podcast The Bigfoot Show, documentarian and comedian, Scott
Herriott. Scott has made
several...

If you think Genies are funny like in Aladdin, or sexy
like in I Dream of Jeannie get ready to have your
assumptions challenged. In the Middle East, Jinn aren’t whimsical
characters of fantasy. They are considered to be frightening, real
entities that haunt desolate places and can perform terrible magic.
In this...

WHILE AT TAM9, the hosts of MonsterTalk sat down to
talk with psychologist Richard Wiseman about his new book Paranormality: Why we see what isn’t there. It was
supposed to be a chat about the paranormal, ghosts and Wiseman’s
findings. But a conversation with Richard Wiseman is rarely so
simple as that.

From The Lost World to Alley Oop to The
Flintstones, the idea of dinosaurs and humans living together
has captured the imagination of readers across the globe. But there
are some who believe that this idea isn’t fictional. Is there a
population of sauropod dinosaurs living in Africa in modern
times?

On November 8, 2005 Canadian geological engineering student
Kenton Carnegie went for a walk. He told people that he’d be back
by 5 pm. When he hadn’t returned by 7 pm, a search party went out
and discovered his remains in the woods. In this episode of
Monstertalk (a follow-up to last
week’s), we interview...

About the Podcast

MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.